UNESCO and WSIS

WSIS KC - Knowledge Communities Briefing

UNESCO

13:30-14:00, Wednesday 16 May 2012Room II

Launched at the WSIS Forum 2009, WSIS KC – Knowledge Communities (www.wsis-community.org) offers a range of online social network features including: news announcements, discussion forums, file, photo and video sharing, blogs, and a new Oxford Debate function developed by UNESCO. Tapping into global volunteer networks, the Platform has been translated from English into French, Spanish, Portuguese (by the Catholic University of Portugal), and Chinese (by the Creative Commons China Mainland Project).

This briefing will present WSIS KC’s activity in 2010-12 and new features such as oxford style debate and multilingual subtitle functions. The meeting will discuss in a interactive format about the future development of WSIS KC in accord with stakeholders’ needs and interests.